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US feds stress urgent MOVEit platform patching after attacks hit agencies
PRIVACY PRIVACY In the latest cyber incident affecting the US federal government, two arms of the US Department of Energy (DOE) and, according to press reports, the US Department of Agriculture and the Office of Personnel Management, have been swept up in a sprawling spree of attacks by the Russia-based Clop ransomware gang. To read…
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Social Engineering—The Scammer’s Secret Weapon
PRIVACY PRIVACY Social engineering. It’s a con game. And a con game by any other name stings just as badly. Like any form of con, social engineering dupes their victims by playing on their emotions. Fear, excitement, and surprise. And they prey on human nature as well. The desire to help others, recognizing authority, and…
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Power LED Side-Channel Attack
PRIVACY PRIVACY This is a clever new <a href=”https://www.nassiben.com/video-based-crypta>side-channel attack: The first attack uses an Internet-connected surveillance camera to take a high-speed video of the power LED on a smart card readeror of an attached peripheral deviceduring cryptographic operations. This technique allowed the researchers to pull a 256-bit ECDSA key off the same government-approved smart…
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Law enforcement’s battle against Cryptocurrency crime
PRIVACY PRIVACY The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. While cryptocurrencies have been celebrated for their potential to revolutionize finance, their anonymous nature has also been exploited for illicit activities.…
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US Offers $10m Reward For MOVEit Attackers
PRIVACY PRIVACY State department wants information on Clop ransomware actors Read More
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Millions of UK University Credentials Found on Dark Web
PRIVACY PRIVACY Concerns mount over security of sensitive research Read More
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8 notable entry-level cybersecurity career and skills initiatives in 2023
PRIVACY PRIVACY The cybersecurity sector has been battling a workforce shortage for years with cybersecurity training and certifications provider (ISC)2 estimating that the global skills gap currently sits at 3.4 million. There are over 600,000 current cyber-related job openings in the US alone, and the supply-to-demand ratio stands at 69%, the lowest it has been…
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Finding the Nirvana of information access control or something like it
PRIVACY PRIVACY The recent arrest of US Air Force airman Jack Teixeira following his illegal sharing of classified information just to show off to his buddies shone a spotlight on the conversation surrounding access control. In Teixeira’s case, all the ingredients necessary to protect the classified information were in place, but sadly they appear to…
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UK Pledges Millions in Cyber-Defense Aid to Ukraine
PRIVACY PRIVACY Funds will help to protect under-siege country’s critical infrastructure Read More
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Can Edit Their RNA
PRIVACY PRIVACY This is just crazy: Scientists don’t yet know for sure why octopuses, and other shell-less cephalopods including squid and cuttlefish, are such prolific editors. Researchers are debating whether this form of genetic editing gave cephalopods an evolutionary leg (or tentacle) up or whether the editing is just a sometimes useful accident. Scientists are…